THE boundaries of a fresh inquiry being launched at Bristol Children’s Hospital were marked out at a special meeting.

Parents of the youngsters who died at the hospital met with Sir Ian Kennedy to start the process today.

Sir Ian heard the families’s concerns and established the remit of the review.

Last month NHS England Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh ordered an investigation at the hospital following a meeting with ten parents whose children had died after operations.

It is the second inquiry to focus on city centre hospitals, after the Bristol Royal Infirmary was at the centre of a scandal in the 1990s, when up to 35 babies died unnecessarily because of failures to address problems with surgery.

Sir Ian, who chaired the first inquiry, said: “We have today had an important meeting with the families. I have to say that I feel a great sense of sadness that I find myself here in Bristol - 13 years after my initial report - hearing once again the anger and distress of parents. The families want a robust independent process.

“We have made good progress in finding the way forward and there is still more work to do. We hope to get things moving with some urgency.”